Control the Ideas, Not the Code

Antirez, a veteran programmer, argues that modern developers should focus on controlling the ideas and design of software rather than scrutinizing code line-by-line, since AI can now generate vast amounts of code quickly and handles local optimization well. He contends that reviewing thousands of lines daily is impractical, and that developers are better served spending their limited time on strategic decisions, new directions, and QA rather than code inspection. His message is that this shift represents natural field evolution, not programmer weakness or over-reliance on AI.